Buenos Aires: Lionel Messi has returned to Argentina's squad for World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Ecuador, the Argentine Football Association said on Sunday.
The 34-year-old Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) forward missed the Albicleste's last qualifiers against Chile and Colombia earlier this year as he recovered from a bout of Covid-19.
Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni also included seven uncapped teenagers in a provisional 44-man squad: Franco Carboni, Valentin Carboni, Alejandro Garnacho, Nicolas Paz, Tiago Geralnik, Luka Romero, and Matias Soule, reports Xinhua.
Argentina will meet Venezuela in Buenos Aires on March 25 and Ecuador in Guayaquil four days later. The two-time World Cup winners have already qualified for the football showpiece tournament, to be played in Qatar from November 21 to December 18.
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